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Victoria Craft ([info]just_a_stranger) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-10-22 19:27:00


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Entry tags:victoria craft, zachary zatara

It's Magic!
An Elementary School in Gotham City.

Principal Aparo was not a happy man.  He usually was, in as much as any elementary school principal could be, but he had bad news for his teachers his afternoon.  The children were at lunch, with and he had quickly called a staff meeting before it finished. 

"There's a problem," he said.  "The magician we hired for the afternoon assembly is sick.  He had to cancel.  I'm afraid we'll have to postpone the assembly."

"Oh," Mrs. Infantino, the elderly first grade teacher, said.  "The children will be so disappointed."

Victoria frowned.  There was that sudden, sinking feeling.  Slowly... she cleared her throat.

"I... may know someone who can fill in," she said. 

"Who?" Mr. Wein, one of the kindergarten teachers, asked.

"Someone famous," Victoria said, "and a very talented magician.  And I am certain he will agree.  He owes me a favor.  But you must ask no further questions.  I assure you this will be appropriate."

She added a little bit of her mystical persuasion to her words, just in case.

When the meeting broke up, she made a hasty phone call.





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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-18 12:51 am UTC (link)
By this point, Zachary has to wave off concerned waitstaff as well as Victoria. "I'll be fine... just need a minute..."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-18 01:23 am UTC (link)
Victor moved back to her seat, but remained fixated and concerned with Zachary.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-18 01:44 am UTC (link)
He wraps up the bit of ejected steak in an extra napkin and goes back to eating, apparently fine, if slightly flushed.

"..heheh.... Houdini..." He chuckles to himself under his breath. "Ah, gotta remember that for the next time I'm on Conan..."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-18 01:50 am UTC (link)
"I've always preferred Letterman myself," Victoria said, finding herself back on more even keel now that Zachary was all right.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-18 01:59 am UTC (link)
"I identify with the format he uses, I guess. I took my act to more of an online presence to expand my fanbase. Grass-roots internet movement." He finishes off the last of his steak, dabbing his mouth and sitting back in contentment.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-18 02:03 am UTC (link)
Victoria speared the last piece of shrimp and wound the rest of her pasta around it, before popping it in her mouth.

"A smart choice," she agreed.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-18 02:11 am UTC (link)
"So, speaking of careers... does teaching really fulfill you that much? Think you'll just get in what you need to retire and call it there, or is it a lifetime thing?

Well, human lifetime anyway..."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-18 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Victoria tilted her head slightly. "I rather enjoy teaching. I'm good at it, I'd like to think. I spend enough time guarding the door against the dark things. It's nice to look after a piece of the future too."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-21 01:09 am UTC (link)
"Your students love you. If I knew nothing else, that would be enough." Zach says simply, raising his latest glass to her. They'd made a good amount of headway through the bottle, and he was feeling very content.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-21 01:43 am UTC (link)
Victoria smiled and raised her glass in return.

"And you, Zachary? Will you seek the limelight forevermore?

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-21 02:09 am UTC (link)
"As long as I'm pretty enough, so I imagine for a great long while."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-21 02:15 am UTC (link)
"I imagine so," she told him.

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-21 02:18 am UTC (link)
He grins pompously. "You just admitted you think I'm sexy."

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]just_a_stranger
2013-11-21 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Victoria's eyes narrowed slightly and she pressed her lips into a thin line. "And if I did?"

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Re: Later than Evening
[info]greatest_zatara
2013-11-22 04:38 pm UTC (link)
He props his head on one arm, smiling in a lazy but seductive manner. "Then I'd say we're even." He gives a slow wink.

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